Kengo Shibatsuji  has brought together what is there, a series of trees and rocks arranged like a macro-scaled Land Art Ikebana piece. The painted green leaves carefully put into place in spatial relation to the dead tree and stone elements builds an assemblage language where nature’s complexity and diversity makes us all the more aware of the relation to space in an outdoor environment like this near the summit of Mount Tsukuba, a place where people have come on visits, or hiking or to paint over centuries. This is a “Nature Set”, a scenario with many elements that add to the dynamism of the natural surrounds.

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​John K. Grande